I run a casino in the immortal realm.

After the order to clean up the battlefield was given, the bottom of Wanhun Valley immediately became busy.

Under Pang Xun's command, three thousand Pengcheng soldiers endured the pungent smell of blood as they moved through piles of wolf soldiers' corpses.

They used the daggers they carried to cut off the wolf soldiers' left ears and put them in sacks.

The thick-backed swords, spears, and hard bows used by the orcs, though crudely made, were made of extremely hard materials, and the soldiers collected them in bundles.

For the Pengcheng Army, which had been terrified of poverty, these were rare military supplies.

Zheng Yifei stood on a protruding rock, watching the orderly cleanup work below, and turned to Ouyang Zhan, saying, "Ouyang, after the battlefield is cleaned up, you take these three thousand men and return to Pengcheng immediately."

Tell Xu Qian and Hong Fei to put the spoils into storage, distribute the rewards according to the number of people killed, and not to withhold a single penny. Also, send the battle report to the Governor's Office and the Prince of Pingxi's residence.

"Understood, sir."

Ouyang Zhan, carrying the Xuanhua axe, wiped the blood from his face: "And what about you?"

"I'll stay here."

Zheng Yifei looked at the western sky: "Wang Changsheng, you take your men and continue to guard the perimeter of Wanhun Valley, and rearrange the formation."

After making the arrangements, Zheng Yifei did not linger.

Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory in every battle. Although he had wiped out 10,000 vanguard troops of the Western Rong army, he still lacked a direct understanding of the enemy's main force.

He decided to personally go to Cangshan County to find out the strength of this 100,000-strong army.

Zheng Yifei suppressed the fluctuations of his spiritual energy, and his figure rose from the ground, merging into the clouds high in the sky.

The distance from Wanhun Valley to Cangshan County is only fifty li. At Zheng Yifei's flying speed, he will arrive in no time.

Before even getting close to Cangshan County, Zheng Yifei could smell a strong, fishy stench carried by the west wind.

He hovered in mid-air, gazing into the distance. On the plains ahead, the once bustling Cangshan County had been reduced to ruins.

Most of the city wall had collapsed, and the city, both inside and outside, was densely packed with rough animal-hide tents, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Just as he was about to get closer to observe, several sharp screechs suddenly came from the clouds above his head.

Zheng Yifei frowned slightly; he knew he had been discovered.

The eagle scouts' eyesight was indeed astonishing. Even though he tried his best to conceal his presence, he still couldn't escape the eyes of these natural scouts during the day.

A dozen or so gray-brown figures swooped down from the sky at great speed, accompanied by a shrill whistling sound that tore through the air.

Without the slightest hesitation, these eagle scouts gripped their short spears with the arms on their wings and, using the momentum of their dive, aimed straight for Zheng Yifei's vitals.

"court death."

Zheng Yifei snorted coldly and advanced instead of retreating.

Without using any weapons, he drew a half-circle in front of his body with his right hand, and the surrounding fire-elemental spiritual energy instantly surged, condensing into more than a dozen fist-sized crimson fireballs.

With a flick of his finger, the fireball hurtled towards the eagle scout like a meteor.

"Bang bang bang—"

A burst of dazzling sparks exploded in mid-air.

The seven or eight eagle scouts at the forefront didn't even have time to scream before they were burned to a crisp by the violent fire-elemental spiritual power, plummeting to the ground in black smoke.

The remaining eagle scouts' eyes flashed with fear upon seeing this.

Instead of continuing their attack, they flapped their wings violently, forcibly changing direction in mid-air and rising higher, while opening their barbed beaks and emitting a sharp and piercing scream.

This is an alarm.

Zheng Yifei did not chase after the fleeing scouts because he sensed an extremely powerful aura rapidly approaching from the direction of Cangshan County.

With a deafening roar, a huge black shadow burst forth from the distant clouds.

It was a giant eagle over three zhang in size, its feathers a metallic, iron-blue color, and its eyes like two red lanterns, gleaming with a ferocious light.

On the broad back of the giant eagle stood an extremely burly orc.

Zheng Yifei squinted and sized up the newcomer.

This orc was nearly ten feet tall, with bulging muscles all over his body and his skin covered with black and yellow stripes.

His head retained the general outline of a human, but there was a clear "king" character pattern on his forehead, his lips were turned outwards, revealing two sharp fangs several inches long, and he held a thick bronze club in his hand, the club covered with dark red bloodstains.

With the appearance of this tiger-shaped half-orc, a powerful pressure belonging to the early stage of the Void Refinement Realm spread out in mid-air as if it were a tangible force, forcing the surrounding clouds back dozens of feet.

"Human powerhouses, state your names."

The tiger-shaped orc looked down at Zheng Yifei, his voice booming like thunder in the air, speaking in the surprisingly fluent and clear official language of the Tianlong Dynasty.

Zheng Yifei hovered in place, his expression calm: "General Zheng Yifei of Pengcheng, and who are you?"

"The General of Pengcheng?"

The tiger-like orc paused for a moment, then grinned, revealing a cruel smile: "So you're the new commander-in-chief. Remember me, I am Tailong, the Tiger Clan Commander under the command of King Zuoguli of the Western Rong! Did you devour my ten thousand Wolf Clan vanguard?"

"Yes."

Zheng Yifei answered decisively: "The scenery in Wanhun Valley is quite nice, so I buried them all there."

Upon hearing this, the veins on Tyrone's forehead bulged, and the killing intent in his eyes instantly boiled over.

"court death!"

Without another word, Tyrone stomped his foot and leaped off the giant eagle's back.

The moment he left the giant eagle, the air around him distorted, and with that force, his massive body crashed down on Zheng Yifei like a mountain.

The heavy bronze rod slammed down with a piercing sonic boom.

A hint of surprise flashed in Zheng Yifei's eyes.

Orcs do not possess the cultivation techniques of immortals and cannot fly freely like human cultivators at the Void Refinement Realm. However, this Tiger General was able to achieve brief periods of airborne flight thanks to his powerful physical strength and control over airflow, which far exceeded the capabilities of ordinary orcs.

Faced with this powerful blow, Zheng Yifei did not try to block it.

He flashed, leaving an afterimage in his original position, and moved several feet to the side.

"boom!"

The bronze rod slammed into empty air, creating a visible crater in the air with its violent force.

Talon's attack missed, and he did not fall.

The giant, dark blue eagle let out a sharp cry, flapped its wings, and instantly appeared at Talon's feet, catching him steadily.

The giant eagle and Tyrone worked together seamlessly. As soon as it caught its master, the giant eagle opened its iron beak and spat out a visible wind blade, aiming straight for Zheng Yifei's face.

At the same time, taking advantage of the giant eagle's momentum, Tailong swept out with his bronze cudgel, blocking Zheng Yifei's retreat.

He was outnumbered two to one, and the opponents were very well coordinated.

Zheng Yifei snorted coldly, his hands quickly forming a hand seal, and a thick, earth-yellow spiritual energy shield instantly condensed in front of him.

"when!"

The wind blade struck the spirit shield with a crisp sound, and a crack appeared on the surface of the shield.

Immediately afterwards, Talon's bronze cudgel slammed heavily onto the shield.

"Bang!"

The spiritual energy shield shattered with a crash, turning into countless points of light, but with the force of the recoil, Zheng Yifei had already floated back more than ten feet.

"That's interesting."

Zheng Yifei shook his slightly numb wrist. This Tiger General's pure physical strength was actually a notch stronger than his own as a Void Refinement Realm cultivator with five spiritual roots.

Seeing that Zheng Yifei had blocked his attack, Tyrone's fanaticism intensified. He roared and urged the giant eagle to swoop down again.

This time, Zheng Yifei didn't just stick to defense.

The five elements of spiritual energy within his body circulated wildly, with the metal element spiritual energy condensing on his right fist, transforming into a layer of dazzling golden light.

Facing the bronze cudgel that Tailong hurled at him, Zheng Yifei neither dodged nor evaded, but instead threw a punch.

"clang--"

The fist collided solidly with the bronze rod, producing a deafening metallic clang.

A visible shockwave exploded in mid-air, instantly tearing apart the surrounding clouds.

Tyrone felt an overwhelming, sharp aura surge into his arms through the bronze staff, causing his tiger's mouth to split open and bleed profusely. His massive body swayed on the giant eagle's back, nearly falling over.

Zheng Yifei was also thrown backward several feet by this tremendous force, his blood and qi churning.

"Such tough skin and flesh."

Zheng Yifei was secretly alarmed. He had used eighty percent of his metal-elemental spiritual power in that punch, enough to shatter an ordinary magic weapon into pieces, but Tailong had only suffered minor injuries.

The physical defense of the tiger clan is far superior to that of the wolf clan.

Seeing its master suffer a loss, the giant eagle cried out in anger, and with a sudden flap of its huge wings, two tornado-like columns of wind attacked Zheng Yifei from the left and right.

Zheng Yifei raised his body to avoid the pillar of wind, and brought his right index and middle fingers together, the tips of his fingers emitting a chilling, eerie blue light.

Lingxi (灵犀) refers to a type of acupuncture.

He was confident that as long as he pointed his finger, he could definitely penetrate Talon's defenses and even kill him directly.

But just as he was about to make his move, he stopped.